Title 20, EDUCATION

Sec. 12.3. The department may not grant an initial practitioner license unless an individual completes the following: (1) Child abuse and neglect training. (2) Youth suicide awareness and prevention training. (3) Identification and reporting of human trafficking training. (4) Tra…

Sec. 12.5. (a) The department shall grant an initial practitioner license to an individual who: (1) possesses a bachelor's degree from an accredited postsecondary four (4) year institution; (2) successfully completes an alternative teacher certification program that includes: (A)…

Sec. 13. (a) This section applies to an examination required for teacher licensure under this chapter. (b) If an individual does not demonstrate the level of proficiency required to receive a license on all or a part of an examination, the examination's scorer must provide the in…

Sec. 14. If the department is notified by the department of state revenue that an individual is on the most recent tax warrant list, the department shall not grant a license to the individual until: (1) the individual provides the department with a statement from the department o…

Sec. 15. (a) Notwithstanding section 3(b)(6) of this chapter, the department shall grant an initial practitioner's license in a specific subject area to an applicant who: (1) has earned a postgraduate degree from a regionally accredited postsecondary educational institution in th…

Sec. 16. (a) The department shall establish a program under which an individual may obtain a license that allows the individual to teach in a charter school if the individual: (1) wishes to teach in a charter school in Indiana; and (2) satisfies either of the following requiremen…

Sec. 16.5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), the department shall grant an initial practitioner license to an individual who meets the following requirements: (1) The individual holds a bachelor's degree with a grade point average of at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale from an ac…

Sec. 17. (a) The department shall establish a program under which an individual may obtain a license that allows the individual to teach in school corporations and charter schools in Indiana if the individual holds a bachelor's degree or a graduate degree with a grade point avera…

Sec. 18. (a) This section applies to an individual who: (1) holds a valid teaching license issued by another state (excluding a teaching license equivalent to an Indiana temporary or emergency teaching license) in the same content area or areas for which the individual is applyin…

Sec. 19. (a) This section applies to an individual who: (1) holds a valid Indiana teaching license; (2) holds a valid teaching license subsequently issued by another state (excluding a teaching license equivalent to an Indiana temporary or emergency teaching license) in an additi…

Sec. 19.5. (a) Not later than July 1, 2024, the state board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to establish early childhood and elementary school teacher content area licenses and required endorsements that must, at a minimum, include the following: (1) An elementary mathematics s…

Sec. 19.7. (a) Not later than July 1, 2024, the state board shall establish and require a literacy endorsement for individuals first licensed after June 30, 2025, to teach a content area involving literacy instruction, including special education, in prekindergarten through grade…

Sec. 19.8. (a) An individual described in section 19.7(b) of this chapter who cannot comply with the requirements of section 19.7 of this chapter may apply for a waiver from the department in a form and manner prescribed by the department. (b) Subject to subsection (d), if the de…

Sec. 2. The state board may adopt rules for: (1) the issuance of a substitute teacher's license; and (2) the employment of substitute teacher licensees. An individual may not serve as a substitute teacher without a license issued by the department. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Second…

Sec. 20. The department shall post for each calendar year on the department's website the pass rate of the content area examination for each postsecondary educational institution regarding individuals who: (1) graduated from the teacher preparation program of the postsecondary ed…

Sec. 21. To be eligible for a career specialist permit to teach in a secondary school, an applicant must meet one (1) of the following: (1) The applicant: (A) has a bachelor's degree with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (or its equivalent if anothe…

Sec. 22. (a) This section applies to teacher licensing examinations administered to determine whether an individual demonstrates, in accordance with section 12(b) of this chapter, proficiency in: (1) pedagogy; and (2) knowledge of the areas in which the individual is required to …

Sec. 22.1 (a) After June 30, 2019, a school corporation, a school, or a secondary school vocational program may employ an instructor who does not have a license under this chapter for not more than fifty percent (50%) of the career and technical education courses offered by the s…

Sec. 22.4. (a) The department shall annually prepare a report that includes the following information regarding teachers licensed in Indiana: (1) The total number of teachers who hold licenses in one (1) or more content areas. (2) The total number of teachers who teach in the con…

Sec. 22.5. To be eligible for a workplace specialist license, an applicant must meet the following criteria: (1) Hold a high school diploma and be at least twenty-one (21) years of age. (2) Be accepted for employment as a workplace specialist teacher in a recognized content area …

Sec. 23. The department shall enter into the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC) Interstate Agreement. As added by P.L.275-2019, SEC.6.

Sec. 25. (a) This section applies to a professional growth plan that begins after July 1, 2019. (b) Fifteen (15) of the total number of professional growth experience points required to renew a practitioner license or accomplished practitioner license may be obtained through the …

Sec. 27. (a) In an effort to fill a vacant teaching position, offer a new program or class, or supplement a program currently being offered, the governing body of a school corporation or the equivalent authority for a charter school or nonpublic school may issue an adjunct teache…

Sec. 28. (a) As used in this section, "visiting teacher" means a citizen of another country who: (1) is or will be visiting the United States; and (2) is or will be employed as a teacher at a school in Indiana as evidenced by a written offer of employment. (b) An applicant is eli…

Sec. 29. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may grant a license to teach: (1) a high school level course; or (2) in grades 5 through 9; to an individual who completes a licensure pathway established by the department. (b) A licensure pathway established by the depa…

Sec. 3. (a) The department shall designate the grade point average required for each type of license. (b) The department shall determine details of licensing not provided in this chapter, including requirements regarding the following: (1) The conversion of one (1) type of licens…

Sec. 30. (a) As used in this section, "emergency permit" refers to an emergency permit described in 511 IAC 16-4-1 or its successor rule. (b) An emergency permit may be renewed up to two (2) times to an individual enrolled in an alternative teacher certification program under sec…

Sec. 4. (a) An individual who applies for a license or a license renewal to teach in a public school shall subscribe to the following oath or affirmation, which may be administered by the governing body: "I solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the Un…

Sec. 5. If a teacher who is a graduate of an accredited institution outside Indiana does not meet certain technical requirements for a license, the teacher may be granted a particular type of license and a reasonable amount of time to fulfill the requirements of the license grant…

Sec. 7. On the written recommendation of the secretary of education, the department may suspend or revoke a license for: (1) immorality; (2) misconduct in office; (3) incompetency; or (4) willful neglect of duty. For each suspension or revocation, the department shall comply with…

Sec. 8. (a) This section applies when a prosecuting attorney knows that a licensed employee of a public school or a nonpublic school has been convicted of an offense listed in subsection (b). The prosecuting attorney shall immediately give written notice of the conviction to the …

Sec. 8.5. The department may, after holding a hearing on the matter, reinstate the license of a person whose license has been revoked under section 8 of this chapter if the person's conviction has been reversed, vacated, or set aside on appeal. As added by P.L.185-2017, SEC.5.

Sec. 1. (a) The exclusive representative shall serve for school employees within certain groups referred to in this chapter as units or bargaining units. A bargaining unit may not contain both certificated and noncertificated employees. Subject to this limitation, the units for w…

Sec. 2. (a) A school employer may recognize as the exclusive representative of the school employer's employees within an appropriate unit a school employee organization that presents to the employer evidence of the school employee organization's representation of a majority of th…

Sec. 3. (a) If an exclusive school employee organization is not determined under section 2 of this chapter, the determination of whether a school employee organization shall be the exclusive representative shall be determined under this section. (b) A school employee organization…

Sec. 4. In any election under this chapter, the board shall: (1) determine who is eligible to vote in the election; and (2) establish rules governing the election. [Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-7.5-1-10(d).] As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.1…

Sec. 5. The ballot in an election under this chapter must contain the following: (1) The name of the petitioning school employee organization. (2) The names of any other school employee organization showing written evidence satisfactory to the board of at least twenty percent (20…

Sec. 6. (a) Subject to subsection (c), the school employer shall, on receipt of the written authorization of a school employee: (1) deduct from the pay of the employee any dues designated or certified by the appropriate officer of a school employee organization that is an exclusi…

Sec. 7. (a) By September 15 of each school year, the local president or other officer or designee of the exclusive representative shall certify by affidavit to the school employer the number of teachers in each school and in the entire school corporation who are members of the ex…

Sec. 8. (a) The board shall develop and maintain training modules, videos, or other instructional material on the board's website to instruct school employees of their rights under this chapter. (b) Each school year in which school employee participation in a school employee orga…

Sec. 0.5. (a) The United States flag shall be displayed in each classroom of every school in a school corporation. (b) The governing body of each school corporation shall provide a daily opportunity for students of the school corporation to voluntarily recite the Pledge of Allegi…

Sec. 1. (a) In each of grades 6 through 12, every public and nonpublic school shall provide instruction on the constitutions of: (1) Indiana; and (2) the United States. (b) In public elementary schools, instruction on the constitutions shall be included as a part of American hist…

Sec. 10. The governing body shall provide in each public school for the illustrative teaching of: (1) the spread of disease by: (A) rats; (B) flies; and (C) mosquitoes; and the effects of disease; and (2) disease prevention by proper food selection and consumption. [Pre-2005 Elem…

Sec. 11. (a) The governing body of each school corporation shall provide at least two (2) times in kindergarten through grade 8 and one (1) time in grades 9 through 12 instruction concerning the effects that: (1) alcoholic beverages; (2) tobacco, including tobacco alternatives an…

Sec. 12. (a) Each school corporation shall: (1) include in the school corporation's curriculum instruction concerning the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); and (2) integrate this effort to the extent possible with instruction on other serious communicable diseases. (b) Literatu…

Sec. 13. (a) Throughout instruction on human sexuality or sexually transmitted infections, a state accredited school shall: (1) require a teacher to teach abstinence from sexual activity outside of marriage as the expected standard for all school age children; (2) include in the …